Safety representatives Committees

OHS Committee Members In addition to the competencies of the health and safety representative, committee members require the following ... 

A guide to the Offshore Installations (Safety Representatives and Safety Committees) Regulations 1989 - guidance on Regulations... 

Safety representatives and safety committee names, structure and responsibility. 

The following bodies oversee the development of safety standards the Commission on Safety Standards (CSS) the Nuclear Safety Standards Committee (NUSSC) the Radiation Safety Standards Committee (RASSC) the Transport Safety Standards Committee (TRANSSC) and the Waste Safety Standards Committee (WASSC). Member States are widely represented on these committees. 

Schedule 2, para. 3. The Offehore Installations (Safety Representatives and Safety Committees Regulations 1989 (SI 1989/971) are consequently amended. 

Hearings on Challenges Facing the Coast Guards Marine Safety Program, Committee on Transportation and Infrastmcture, U.S. House of Representatives (August 2,2007). 

Safety coordinator Occupational hygiene coordinator Health and safety representatives Divisional safety committees Central safety committees Accident investigators Responsible engineers Internal safety auditors Fire coordinator Permit issuers... 

Safety Representatives and Safety Committees Regulations 1977 (as amended)... 

The law is different if there are employees within the organisation who are not represented under the Safety Representatives and Safety Committees Regulations 1977. 

If two or more union-appointed health and safety representatives request, in writing, that the employer set up a health and safety committee, then it must be done within 3 months of the request. 

Establish a safety committee when requested by two or more safety representatives (but there is nothing to prevent a voluntary safety committee being set up). 

Joint consultation can take many forms and routes depending on the culture and environment in the workplace. Rights to appoint safety representatives have been given to recognized trade unions who are under no pressure to exercise this right which remains should they feel the need to call on it later. These rights are embodied in the Safety Representatives and Safety Committees Regulations 1977. 

Similar rights exist for volunteer or management appointed safety representatives under the Health and Safety (Consultation with Employees) Regulations 1996 as amended. It has been found that tvith good industrial relations and an effective voluntary safety committee, the unions are happy not to exercise their rights of appointment. 

Safety representatives and safety committees have a positive role to play in stimulating high levels of awareness and generating high standards of health and safety in the workplace. 

The Safety Representatives and Safety Committee Regulations (1977). HMSO Publications Centre, London. 

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